He told gardai that the other person had told him he wanted to give Daniel “a hiding or a number of digs” and that they lured him to a secluded area by telling him they were going to fight some lads from Corduff.

“That was just a ruse to get Daniel McAnaspie to go with them,” said Mr Grehan.

He said that at that time Mr Dekker knew that the other man was carrying a half a garden shears, a large weapon with a two-foot long blade.

He said Mr Dekker told gardai that he didn’t know Daniel would be killed “even though he knew of the personality of the person going along with him”.

Has anyone been charged over Daniel’s killing?

Today, Richard Dekker, 30, from the Blanchardstown area of Dublin was found guilty by a unanimous jury verdict of Daniel’s murder at Tolka Valley Park on February 26, 2010.

Dekker’s conviction came after a week-long trial and more than eight hours of deliberation by the jury at the Central Criminal Court.